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Nov. 3, 2017, 12:36 PM GMT / Updated Nov. 3, 2017, 12:36 PM GMT

TRUMP AGENDA: Wanna get away?

NBC's Ali Vitali previews the president's Asia trip: "President Donald Trump will embark on the longest trip of his presidency on Friday — a five-country, 10-day tour of Asia designed to strengthen diplomatic and economic partnerships while contending with North Korea's nuclear threat. The president heads overseas during a time of what some experts see as a decline of U.S. influence in the region and they suggest that it is unlikely that Trump will be returning home with any clear wins."

The New York Times: "With the release of an ambitious overhaul of the tax code, House Republicans are moving to fulfill a long-held desire of corporate America: a large and audacious tax cut. Yet economists are divided over whether the plan is likely to revitalize the economy or merely bestow a windfall on the wealthiest investors."

POLITICO: "The fanfare surrounding the House GOP tax plan on Thursday masked a brewing storm in the other chamber. Senate Republicans will have to sway a host of GOP swing votes as they try to jam through their own tax overhaul with almost no margin for error. Fiscal hawks are squawking about how tax legislation could balloon the deficit. Moderates like Sen. Susan Collins of Maine are worried tax cuts will disproportionately favor the rich. Even an Obamacare-related row could bubble up and trip up passage."

NBC's Ken Dilanian and Carol Lee. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected a proposal by a junior campaign aide who offered to use his "Russian contacts" to try to set up a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. The aide, George Papadopoulos, has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and documents released Monday show he was in contact with Russians who offered him "dirt" on Hillary Clinton — including thousands of emails."

NBC's Alyssa Newcomb has the backstory on why the president's Twitter account disappeared for 11 minutes last night.

The AP speaks to female former members of Congress about their experiences with sexual harassment.

ICYMI: "Sam Clovis, a former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, has withdrawn his name from consideration as the president's pick to be the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist."

AZ-SEN: Kelli Ward's internal polling shows her with a double-digit lead over potential primary challengers.

MS-SEN: "Sen. Roger Wicker spent some time with former White House Chief Strategist Steven Bannon — who has said he wants to oust Wicker — but it's unclear how long the two spoke or what they spoke about. Wicker appeared at a D.C. campaign fundraiser for Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore Wednesday night when he was photographed next to Bannon. "